It’s hard to believe, but Sonic Youth’s Daydream Nation is now 25 years old. In celebration of the album, a beloved indie masterpiece which also merited enough mainstream praise to be permanently housed in the Library of Congress’s National Recording Registry, we sat down with the author of our 93rd book in the 33 1/3 […]
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Don’t forget to enter our contest! You can win the entire 33 1/3 series by signing up to our e-newsletter. Email 333sound@bloomsbury.com with your name, address and your favorite album of all time. Remember that emails must be received by Tuesday December 31st 2013. One winner will be picked at random on Wednesday 1st January
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Last week, we featured The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society 33 1/3 author Andy Miller taking a second look at the album, and his book, on the 45th anniversary of the album’s release. Now we sit Andy down for a more personal chat. Ladies and gentlemen, meet the author of the fourth ever
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What did you get for the holidays last year? Can’t remember? Me neither…because it was probably stupid. Don’t be a loser present-giver this year! Be an awesome present-giver! And allow the 33 1/3 team to guide you in your awesomeness. 1. For the sentimentalist: A USB drive hidden inside a “retro” mix-tape. How cute?! Buy
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In light of this year’s Thanksgivukkah I thought it would be nice to remember one of the best Christmas songs ever written about being a disgruntled Jew. It’s a cover/joke of the lovely Waitresses song, Christmas Wrapping by one of my favorite bands from the 90s, Save Ferris. There isn’t an official video available, but
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Andy Miller, author of the Kinks 33 1/3 (#4 in the series) on the 45th anniversary of The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society. November 22nd 2013, marked four and a half decades since Pye Records grudgingly released The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society, an LP the Kinks’ leader Ray Davies would
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Hello! Things are heating up In 33 ⅓ land, I’ve just sent off a boatload of great writing to the shop (the shop being the copyediting/production department). That would be: Liz Phair’s Exile in Guyville by Gina Arnold. Pre-order here before May 22, 2013. Oasis’s Definitely Maybe by Alex Niven. Pre-order here before May 8, 2013.
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Every month, 33 1/3 editorial assistant Kaitlin Fontana will compile the best, weirdest, most interesting music and sound news from the past 30 days and serve it up to you in one handy, easy to digest list. May we present 33 Things that happened in November?* Drumroll please… 1. Happy Thanksgiving, ‘Muhrica! We’re bringing you
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And now, a word from our lovely UK marketer Charlotte Rose, who recently attended the first ever Louder than Words conference. On 16th November 2013, Louder Than Words made its entrance into the world, and what a entrance it was! Let me explain. Louder Than Words is a brand new UK festival celebrating oral, written
